Book Description

CMMI® for Development (CMMI-DEV)
describes best practices for the development and maintenance of
products and services across their entire lifecycle. By integrating
essential bodies of knowledge, CMMI-DEV provides a single,
comprehensive framework for organizations to assess their
development and maintenance processes, implement improvements, and
measure progress.

Already widely adopted throughout the world
for disciplined, high-quality engineering, CMMI-DEV version 1.3 now
accommodates other modern approaches as well, including the use of
Agile methods, Lean Six Sigma, and architecture-related
development.

CMMI® for Development, Third
Edition, is the definitive reference for CMMI-DEV version
1.3. The authors have revised their tips, hints, and
cross-references, which appear in the margins of the book, to help
you better understand, apply, and find information about the
content of each process area. The book includes new and updated
perspectives on CMMI-DEV in which people influential in the
model’s creation, development, and transition share brief but
valuable insights. It also features four new case studies and six
contributed essays with practical advice for adopting and using
CMMI-DEV. This book is an essential resource—whether you are
new to CMMI-DEV or are familiar with an earlier version—if
you need to know about, evaluate, or put the latest version of the
model into practice.

The book is divided into three parts.

Part I offers the broad view of
CMMI-DEV, beginning with basic concepts of process improvement. It
introduces the process areas, their components, and their
relationships to each other. It describes effective paths to the
adoption and use of CMMI-DEV for process improvement and
benchmarking, all illuminated with fresh case studies and helpful
essays.

Part II, the bulk of the book,
details the generic goals and practices and the twenty-two process
areas now comprising CMMI-DEV. The process areas are organized
alphabetically by acronym for easy reference. Each process area
includes goals, best practices, and examples.

Part III contains several useful
resources, including CMMI-DEV-related references, acronym
definitions, a glossary of terms, and an index.